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Richard Rittorno: U.S live cattle futures have been on a steady climb since hitting a 52-week low back on May 24, 2010 at $101.625. Cattle futures have been sizzling for nine months now with price putting in a 52-week high of $126.375 last Wednesday. Read more…
Alan Price: Each New Year brings with it a number of questions for investors: Am I investing in the right place? Should I be taking more or less of a risk? Should I have a more diverse portfolio? Read more…
Following a morning gap down, stocks fought back to end the session mixed. Trade was also mixed. As has been common in recent sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) exhibited the most relative strength, as institutions continue to have an appetite for large cap, dividend Read more…
I’ll never forget my first visit as a teenager to the commodity-trading pit of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The swirling bright colored jackets, the shouting and rapid hand signals (looked like arm wrestling to me) were captivating and reminded me of past family gatherings. It was also Read more…
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Michael Johnston: Like just about every other asset class, agricultural commodities have been on a wild ride over the last several trading sessions, fluctuating along with equity markets as investors have tried to evaluate the latest news out of Europe. The last week has generally been a strong stretch for Read more…
Stock put in a strong performance on Monday but on very light volume. All five major indices ended the session higher by more than 2.0%. Smaller cap stocks led the way as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 rocketed 4.8% and 3.90% respectively. Read more…
Stocks closed lower on Wednesday on mixed volume. Stocks were slightly higher to flat for most of the session before succumbing to late session selling. All five major indices closed in the red with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) sustaining the most damage. The Russell shed 1.2% on the day. Read more…
Equities closed mixed on the session as volume spiked. With the exception of the Nasdaq the major indices finished higher on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA), S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY), S&P MidCap 400 and small-cap Russell 200 (NYSE:IWM) posted gains of Read more…
Kevin Grewal: Imbalances in supply and demand continue to take its toll on food prices as the price of meat continues to rise, giving positive support to the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Read more…
Stocks registered a solid session of gains on Thursday but trade was light. The market gapped higher at the open and spent the entire day mired in a trading range. All five major indices were up Read more…
An ever widening gap in supply and demand continues to prevail in the US cattle markets, pushing up prices and providing positive support to the PowerShares DB Agricultural Fund (NYSE:DBA) Read more…
The United States and South Korea agreed to modify a free-trade agreement, which, upon execution, will be the largest value of trade volume in the world since the Read more…
CNBC brought in Dave Caruso, founder of Coastal Capital Group and Tom Lydon, ETFTrends.com, to discuss their ETF picks for 
Cattle prices are at all-time highs, thanks to a strong 25 percent rally over the last 12 months. Just look at prices over the past 25 years: 
Sometimes I just don’t know when to leave well enough alone, particularly when it involves that Holy Grailesque quest to cram every potentially relevant piece of data into one overcrowded 
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